George Groves has got tongues wagging regarding his ring return against Callum Smith.

Former English, British, European and WBC Silver super-middleweight champion Smith will square off against the Hammersmith WBA Super World Champion in the final of the World Boxing Super Series tournament.

It was tentatively set, the showpiece of the Ali Trophy, for June 2 at the O2 Arena in London.

But it was postponed after Groves was given time to recover from surgery after he suffered a left-sided dislocated shoulder in his semi-final against Chris Eubank Jr in February.

‘Mundo’, 27, outpointed Nieky Holzken at the Arena Nürnberger Versicherung – a week after Groves’ win over Eubank Jr - to book his place in the final of the multi-million dollar eight-man tournament.